Steady progress 4 am Woke up to Hannah sitting up in bed (supported by her lovely nurse, Kate) , having a big cough and struggling to shift the ‘frog in her throat’. She had vomited a little but was fine – had a good drink. Was much stronger getting herself into sitting up position and […]
8am I just came back to intensive care after a few hours’ s sleep. Simon has updated me on his 2nd half night shift. Hannah much as she was when I left earlier this morning. Still quite tearful and very thirsty. Pain when she moves, despite the morphine clicker. Very sleepy but still woke a […]
A child’s recovery from heart surgery can be extremely rapid or excruciatingly slow. Hannah’s first open heart surgery in 2000 resulted in her spending 2 weeks in intensive care, struggling to breathe, being extubated and re-intubated more times than I dare to remember and contracting all manner of nasty infections. This was follwed by 2 […]
